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Ailsa
Banned
United Kingdom
804 Posts |
 Posted - 29/03/2011 : 16:28:44
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| Can snakes pick up things like the human cold or other human illness bugs? |
  
Dakota ~ Bloodred Corn ~ Amber & Chloe ~ Cats
Mind is changing on snakes I want now lol so am researching these to find out what would be best - Milk Snakes and Dwarf Boa possibly - Crawl Cay, Sonoran, Tarahumara or Vera Cruz and poss a Hoggie, African House and Rat snake. Also Trinket Snakes. |
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 29/03/2011 : 16:42:18
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| They can't catch human illnesses. And it works both ways apart from salmonella etc you can pick that up from a reptile which is why hand washing is so important. |
Anery Corn snake SPOT. Royal Python, DUKE. Hogg Island Boa, SANKE. Albino House Snake, HAL.
Harlequin Crested Gecko HARLEY
Albino Horned Frog WAKA
Chilean Rose Tarantula TRIXIE. Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-eating Tarantula SAM. Orange Baboon Tarantula BORIS.
Giant Asian Forest Scorpion, SALLY.
Giant African Land Snails, SHELDON & MICHELLE.
Budwing Mantis, MAIA
Dubia Roach Colony. Silkworm Colony. Mealworm Colony. Waxworm Colony. Fruit Beetle Colony.
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/03/2011 : 17:28:55
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basically, because human body temp is about 36.5'C, snakes are varying 'C cooler
the bugs that live in people can't survive the cooler temps |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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Human cold and other things
